MOET HENNESSY U.K. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-21 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£172K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£46M
+46.5% vs 2023
Employees
191
+7.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£16M
-29.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MOET HENNESSY U.K. LIMITED 1998-03-02 → present
- MOET & CHANDON (LONDON) LIMITED 1941-12-12 → 1998-03-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £292,711,972 | £267,182,970 | |
| Operating profit | £23,906,323 | £18,324,832 | |
| Profit before tax | £23,068,221 | £16,163,646 | |
| Net profit | £16,113,021 | £12,732,228 | |
| Cash | — | £172,100 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £41,572,811 | £57,774,189 | |
| Net assets | £31,519,429 | £46,184,839 | |
| Equity | £31,519,429 | £46,184,839 | |
| Average employees | 177 | 191 | |
| Wages | £10,259,998 | £11,138,575 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 57.5% | 31.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.1% | 68.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | 25.31x | 8.38x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and not less than one year from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Turnover decreased by £25.5m, from £292.7m in 2023 to £267.2m in 2024. The decrease in turnover is in line with the overall decline in the industry, predominantly driven by the reduction in high value champagne and spirits category. The operating profit decreased by £5.6m to £18.3m in 2024.”
- “The shareholder's funds have increased in 2024 by £14.7m (2023: decrease of £2.8m). The shareholder's funds remain strong at the balance sheet date (£46.2m).”
- “At 31 December 2024 the Company's defined benefit pension scheme showed a surplus of £2.2m (2023: £0.1m. The surplus has been recognised in the Statement of financial position.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAUME, Laure Chantal | Director | 2025-11-16 | Sep 1975 | French |
| NOLLET, Julie Madeleine Marie | Director | 2024-07-01 | Mar 1971 | French |
| PELLETANT, Olivier | Director | 2022-07-01 | Oct 1970 | French |
| THORNTON, Jolyon Kenneth | Director | 2017-12-13 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, David | Secretary | 1999-11-11 | 2008-01-31 |
| HALLIDEN, Michael Mccarthy | Secretary | — | 1999-10-13 |
| CASTLEGATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-12-30 | 2022-01-01 |
| PENNSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-01-31 | 2008-12-29 |
| BELL, David | Director | 1992-06-19 | 2008-01-31 |
| BOYES, Graham William | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2010-06-25 |
| CAMPBELL, Colin Archibald Alexander Forbes | Director | 1992-06-19 | 1995-02-22 |
| COCKERAM, James Alexander Neil | Director | 1997-06-09 | 2023-01-31 |
| DE VOGUE, Ghislain, Comte | Director | — | 1999-11-11 |
| DE VRIESE, Jean-Jacques | Director | — | 1994-11-03 |
| DE WARREN, Richard Marie Claude | Director | 1997-06-09 | 1999-11-11 |
| DOMENJOZ, Pierre Jacques | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2012-04-01 |
| DUNBAR, Malcolm David | Director | 2000-09-25 | 2003-12-31 |
| DUNBAR, Malcolm David | Director | — | 1997-07-29 |
| GUINIER, Christophe Marc Henri | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| HALLIDEN, Michael Mccarthy | Director | — | 1999-10-13 |
| HENNESSY, Gilles Marie Kilian | Director | 1999-11-11 | 2014-02-28 |
| JARRATT, Nancy Marian | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| LABORDE, Jean Marie | Director | 1999-11-11 | 2003-03-14 |
| LACAVE, Jean Marc Maurice Marcel | Director | 2019-08-29 | 2024-12-31 |
| LENDRUM, Rupert Charles Douglas | Director | 1995-03-31 | 2003-01-25 |
| LETZELTER, Pierre Gerard | Director | 1995-03-31 | 1999-11-11 |
| MACKWOOD, Gillian Irene | Director | 1999-03-25 | 2018-11-30 |
| MALICET, Maryse Elisabeth | Director | 2014-01-15 | 2019-07-01 |
| MARCHWOOD, David George Staveley, Viscount | Director | — | 2004-02-24 |
| MEARING, Dominic Justin | Director | 1998-09-03 | 2003-05-19 |
| MEYERS, David Arthur | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-06-05 |
| MORRIS, Loraine Elizabeth Irene | Director | 1998-11-12 | 2004-07-30 |
| MULLIEZ, Thomas Christian | Director | 2024-04-10 | 2025-11-16 |
| PENOT, Guillaume Marie Maurice | Director | 2013-05-17 | 2017-12-12 |
| PIETRINI, Hugues Michel | Director | 2014-02-28 | 2017-02-02 |
| ROSIN, Alexei John | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2024-04-09 |
| STEIP, Bertrand | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2020-05-01 |
| STEWART, Jackie, Sir | Director | 1991-07-01 | 2014-10-23 |
| THOMSON, Barry Grosvenor Ker | Director | 1995-03-31 | 2002-08-31 |
| THORNTON, Jolyon Kenneth | Director | 2010-06-25 | 2017-06-30 |
| TREVOR, Jennifer Anne | Director | 1995-03-31 | 1998-06-30 |
| VILLEPELET, Vincent Francois | Director | 2012-06-22 | 2014-01-15 |
| WESTERBY, Stuart Marcus | Director | — | 1994-03-24 |
| WOODROFFE, Simon Richard | Director | — | 2001-06-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diageo Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Lvmh Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-8.7%
£292,711,972 £267,182,970
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+46.5%
£31,519,429 £46,184,839
-
Employees
+7.9%
177 191
-
Operating profit
-23.3%
£23,906,323 £18,324,832
-
Profit before tax
-29.9%
£23,068,221 £16,163,646
-
Wages
+8.6%
£10,259,998 £11,138,575
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers